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  1. Looking towards Dungeness and Ashford it can only be described as being like a strobe light - its pretty incredible. Theres not a great deal of thunder and the wind is hot, hotter than it felt an hour ago it seems.
  2. That was quite an unexpected noisy wake up call here in Folkestone. Slightly unusual in that we had a good 15 minutes of constant thunder from 7:50 onwards. Would have been far better in the dark as I really couldn't see a great deal of lightning.
  3. A couple of loud rumbles of Thunder here in Folkestone; didn't see the first flash as I wasn't expecting it but saw the second through closed curtains. Didn't know there was any potential for this today. EDIT:- tremendous CG strike to the North West of me with the sky lighting up all around with booming thunder. I think its hailstones now by the sound on the window
  4. I sympathize fully - I jumped out of mine too I think the problem was it was a very weak and somewhat quiet storm; there were a few flashes and growls but not much else which lured me in to a false sense of security. Then I just happened to look out the window as the sky lit up followed by instant thunder that made the ground shake; I was not prepared for that at all - that wasn't fair! That was the last I saw and heard before it all went quiet bar the rain which up until about 15 minutes ago was torrential - your observations don't surprise me.
  5. Oh my god - just had the loudest, most instant crack of thunder from any storm we've had this year. I think I almost soiled myself.
  6. Another flash and now thunder - I'd imagine you're close enough to have heard that
  7. Just saw a (my first tonight) very big flash light up most of the sky to the south of me in Folkestone. I have yet to hear any Thunder despite having the window open a bit.
  8. Theres a few flashes coming from that cell to my west but can't hear any thunder from it despite it being close. One thing I am noticing is theres some very fast moving scud like clouds (have I made that up?) moving in the opposite direction to the storm so I assume there must still be some energy left in it yet.
  9. Strikes are still very few and far between here. Thunder a lot louder when it happens but this really is a weak storm if ever I saw one.
  10. Despite how the strikes out in the channel are looking on the map theres surprisingly little to see in Folkestone at the moment. I'm seeing a flash every 40 secs - 1 min with the occasional deep rolling growl of thunder with my strikealert sat in the window going off with even less frequency. Theres a wonderful cool breeze kicked up out there and its raining gently; so nice after that sticky air we've had for the past 48 hours.
  11. Woken up 20 minutes ago by thunder - thought it was a neighbours wheelie bin at first as I thought it was only forecast for the west country.
  12. Lightning now visible and thunder increasing in volume. Appears to be a band of mammatus? cloud ahead of the front. Seems to be headed this way unfortunately :/
  13. Just heard 2 distant rumbles here from the West. Not surprised as its gone quite humid here this afternoon!
  14. I can see a few CGs coming out of that band across the english channel from my bedroom window every 45 secs - 1 minute; didn't know it was there until I heard the growls of Thunder rumbling across Folkestone.
  15. OK so just as I thought it was going weve just had 3 terrific claps of thunder in Folkestone - the second of which Im almost certain hit ground within half a mile. This storm has suddenly lost its cool factor
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